Citing limited training conditions and difficulty traveling, Papadakis and Cizeron scaled back their competition schedule since the outset of the global pandemic. The Olympic gold medallists from 2018, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, have. Its a window into another space and time: eerie, quiet, floating., Mondays victory redeemed their stirring but ultimately disappointing performance in 2018. But the Canadians, who captured back-to-back world silver medals and five national titles before retiring in 2007, might have been the busiest people at Capital Indoor Stadium during the ice dance events. "I think our bodies remember the routine of a competition day. The French partners Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won the rhythm dance portion of the Olympic competition in their ethereal style with a world record of 90.83 points. Katsalapov has battled a recent back injury, which forced the couple to withdraw from the recent Russian championships. Ivan Bukin and Stepanova had been scheduled to compete in the 2018 Olympics, but were swept up in the fallout from Russias state-sponsored doping scheme utilized at the 2014 Games in Sochi. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France reach the top. It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. Canada's Gilles and Poirier miss podium, France's Papadakis and Cizeron take gold, Olympic champion Scott Moir back on the ice with new coaching gig, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. Russias Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov followed behind with 220.51 points, taking home the silver. Silver medallists four years ago, the duo set a world record score on their way to the Olympic title in a competitive ice dance field. Bukin is channeling, if not a Disney Prince, then a Disney Prince Attendant, while Stepanova is a vision in peach. Their U.S. teammates, and training mates at I.AM, Hubbell and Donohue, were next to skate, with a very different, and intensely personal program. Team USA's Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won the bronze with 218.02. "So being able to re-create that in ice dance is something that we're extremely grateful for.". He and 46 other Russians appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, a kind of Supreme Court for international sports, but all 47 appeals were denied. Plus, Sinitsina and Katsalapov have defeated Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France before, at the 2020 European championships. They are seeking a gold medal that eluded them by less than a point in losing to Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. For his part, Katsalapov said: "We are extremely happy about today's skating, it was clean, confident, inspired. Chock and Bates are establishing themselves as the team at the artistic edge of ice dancing. Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain. READ MORE: Inside the School Where the Best Olympic Ice Dance Teams Train, We do our best to develop each team individually with their own personality, Dubreuil told TIME prior to the Games. Papadakis/Cizeron win France's second ice dance gold and first since Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat were victorious at Salt Lake City 2002. Here's a look at the top four pairs in this year's competition alongside notes on each pairing. 1. They are participating in their third consecutive Olympics as a team. Their routine reflected that evolution of two people who have lived together, loved together, struggled together, and ultimately came through those challenges together. In that event, Papadakis experienced a wardrobe malfunction in the short dance, leaving her left breast briefly exposed, which seemed to unnerve the couple during the routine. "It's something non-tangible," Sorensen said. The five events took place between 4 and 20 February 2022. See how the free dance played out. And my body wants to be nervous.". Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (FRA): 226.98 (90.83 Rhythm Dance, 136.15 Free Skate) 2. This is the medal that we wanted. The coaches have done an extremely good job of keeping us all positive.". Asked if they would skate on into the next Olympic quad, Papadakis only could commit to next mont's worlds - which are in France. 11 HAWAYEK Kaitlin / BAKER Jean-Luc USA 189.74 WATCH | France's Papadakis and Cizeron skate to gold in Beijing: The last figure skaters on the ice for the free dance, Papadakis and Cizeron scored 136.15 points for their performance to "Elegie" by the early 20th century French composer Gabriel Faure. Each peaked at second place in the world championship, whileHubbell and Donohue finished in fourth place in the 2018 Games in PyeongChang. Here's how you can catch all the action - figure skating and beyond - during Beijing 2022. Magazines, Or create a free account to access more articles, Ice Dance at the Beijing Olympics Was a Big Victory for Team USA's Favorite Training School. That gave them 226.98 points, beating their previous mark of 226.61 set at the 2019 NHK Trophy in Japan, and easily enough to hold off Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov. We could rely on this, but this was still stressful.. She called it her worst nightmare., The French won the free dance, aspiring to perfection, but could not overcome Virtue and Moir. Like many of the men we have seen on the ice in Beijing, Nikita Katsalapov is wearing his top untucked, so it flares and flaps out a little in the breeze he creates as he skates. They won gold in the event. Because they are all equally good. Winter Olympics 2022 Medal Count Day 8 (THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS! All Rights Reserved. The French couple won gold with 226.98 total points over Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia, who took silver with 220.51 points. Hubbell, 30, and Donohue, 31, are the only team in the world to medal at the past three world championships (silvers in 2018 and 2021, bronze in 2019); their U.S. titles came in 2018, 2019 and . Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy. Even at the Olympics, as the the ice dance kicked off tonight (12 February) with the rhythm dance inside the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, with four-time world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France showing exactly how it's done by setting a new world record score of 90.83 points. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States competed in rhythm dance on Saturday. Only an intergalactic love story could follow the teams memorable program last year, when Chock played a snake. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. I feel like I am watching a movie about my life. (Laughs. If you look closely, you can see quite a bit of chest hair peeking out from the deep V-neck in the shirt. The ice dance competition in figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February (rhythm dance) and 14 February (free dance), at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Haidian District of Beijing. )Figure Skating Ice Dance Rhythm Dance1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron France2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov ROC3 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue United States4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates United States5 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin ROC6 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Canada7 Charlne Guignard / Marco Fabbri Italy8 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Srensen Canada9 Olivia Smart / Adrin Daz Spain10 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Great Britain11 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker United States12 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu China13 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha Canada14 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin ROC15 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Poland16 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Finland17 Natlie Taschlerov / Filip Taschler Czech Republic18 Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya Georgia19 Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sncal Armenia20 Oleksandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin Ukraine Figure Skating Men's Short ProgramNathan Chen United StatesYuma Kagiyama JapanShoma Uno JapanCha Jun-hwan South KoreaMorisi Kvitelashvili GeorgiaJason Brown United StatesEvgeni Semenenko ROCYuzuru Hanyu JapanKeegan Messing CanadaKvin Aymoz FranceJin Boyang China Medal count up to the minute. Checkout our other quizzes on this channel to brush on your skills. AP Follow all the 2022 Olympics action Daily updated medal counts, results, schedule, athlete bios and. Cizeron told LEquipe that the Russians are afraid of us because they saw our programs are good.. After they initially started with a more traditional tango, they decided to modify the style after working with a modern dance choreographer, alongside Dubreuil and the Academys choreographer Sam Chouinard. I hope people acknowledge that we are inviting them into our last moments, knowing that we carry with us out there on the ice our appreciation for them, and for their part in our journey, she said. Both we and our coaches are completely satisfied. Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin are in fifth place, in their first Olympics. Papadakis/Cizeron were silver medallists in 2018 and are four-time world champions.

They skated in such unison that there appeared at times to be one skater on the ice instead of two. Meryl Davis and Charlie White won gold in 2014. We wanted to focus on the end of the season - the Olympic Games.". So something that I work with for the French team might not be possible for when I work with Maddie [Hubbell] and Zach [Donohue], who have a completely different style. v. t. e. Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Canada's Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon coached an incredible 10 of the 23 dance teams competing in Beijing at the Ice Academy of Montreal, including France's newly crowned Olympic . Its memories, its eye contact that I will never forget.. This is the second Olympics at which I.AM teams have earned two spots on the podium. While the rhythm dance marked the first time skating had been held in the evening this Olympics, the free dance is set to move back to the morning: Monday, 14 February - 0915 local - Ice dance - free dance. Her bold decision to wear all one color makes for a relaxing viewing experience, a change from the riotous patterns some of the skaters wear. Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (FRA): 226.98 (90.83 Rhythm Dance, 136.15 Free Skate) 2. The Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates are in contention for a bronze. Madison Chock / Evan Bates (USA):. Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov (ROC): 88.85, 3. Hubbell with her skating partner, Zachary Donohue, in the rhythm dance on Saturday. Hubbell and Donohue finished fourth in the ice dance in the 2018 Olympics, but the duo guaranteed themselves the bronze this time around after a phenomenal free dance. We worked a lot and it was very hard. "There is so much work going on in our heads to skate well on our own that there is simply no time, energy and wish to think about rivals, think about points. Hubbell and her ice dance partner, Zach Donohue, are serious medal contenders, having come into the free dance component in third place on Monday. Laurence Fournier Beaudry, ofGreenfield Park, Que.,and NikolajSoerensen, of Montreal, received a score of 113.81 to bump their total to 192.35, putting them in ninthplace to close out their first Games. They prevailed by 1.78 over Hubbell and Donohue to win their third national title together. Four months later, the quality of the French performances was unsurpassed in Beijing. They couple set a personal best score in the free dance of 130.63, besting their previous personal best set days earlier in the team event in Beijing. Chock played the role of an alien, in a tale of universal love to Bates astronaut, and their lifts and synchrony on the all-important twizzle turns were truly out of this world. While so many dancers from the same program might be unique in figure skating, Sorensen likened it to any team environment. Winter Olympics 2022 Medal Count Day 8 (THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS! Overall, the final four pairings were exceptional, as Maggie Hendricks of Bally Sports wrote. ", Papadakis added: "The past four years, we've been focusing on [this] event, basically, even though we had other competitions, all the decisions that we did was for this event, so it was definitely in our mind and something to juggle, but it's what sport is especially at this level, it's a lot of mental gymnastics and mental strength to work on and it's part of the journey.". In the case of Chock and Bates, the answer is yes they are a couple on and off the ice. 20 NAZAROVA Oleksandra / NIKITIN Maksym UKR 162.87. With a whispery, lyrical performance, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the ice dancing competition on Monday at the Beijing Olympics, skating with such flowing precision and unison that they appeared at times to be skating as a single person instead of a couple. In the hours before the rhythm dance at the Beijing Olympics, Marie-France Dubreuil could feel the familiar pre-competition nerves. )Figure Skating Ice Dance Rhythm Dance1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizer. Madison Chock / Evan Bates (USA): 84.14, 5. Having skated together for more than a decade, Papadakis, 26, and Guillaume, 27, have won four world championships, establishing a transporting harmony that has elevated ice dancing often dismissed as frivolous and kitschy, with results that seem preordained beyond sport into art. Add some good to your morning and evening. The move involves rotating on one skate while moving across the ice, forward or backward. I am very glad it happened as it did and that we skated to an Olympic medal.". Neither team is considered much of a medal threat, with the top 10 teams still ahead, but they were nice moments nonetheless. Is she dating Donohoe? Chock and Bates have won a total of three U.S. national titles. The duowere ineighth headed into the free dance after scoring78.54in the rhythm dance.